tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76714628796764419002018-05-19T08:41:08.873+01:00Year 4 BlogNorthleach Courtyardnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671462879676441900.post-77051290332433120792018-04-27T10:11:00.004+01:002018-04-27T10:11:34.964+01:00Communication Letter - Summer<br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/></v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:451.5pt;height:174.75pt;visibility:visible'> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\LSHERL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.png" o:title=""/></v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img height="244" src="file:///C:/Users/LSHERL~1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2" width="640" /><!--[endif]--></span><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Communication Letter <o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Dear Parents/ Carers of Year 4 Pupils,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">I hope you have had an enjoyable Easter break with your family. Our topic this term is the Romans. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Topic<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">This Romans unit will teach your children about the impact the Roman Empire had on life in Britain. They will learn about the spread of the Roman Empire, the invasion of Britain and the eventual conquest. The children will also look in detail at some aspects of the Romanisation of Britain, such as the building of Roman roads and bath houses. In addition to this, they will have the opportunity to learn about the<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">British resistance of Boudicca and will act in role to look at the events of Boudicca's rebellion from different perspectives. The children will also investigate Hadrian's Wall, examining how, where and why it was built. They will learn about the different features of the wall and use maps to determine its location. A lesson on gods and Roman religion will help the children to understand more about the culture and beliefs of Roman people, and they will play and design games to consolidate their knowledge about the different Roman gods and goddesses.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Science<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">During this term Year 4 will be learning about electricity in conjunction with other areas of science covered by topic work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The children will learn about what electricity is and how it was discovered. They will identify which appliances use electricity in their homes and how to keep themselves safe. Children will construct circuits, start to create pictorial circuits and conduct an investigation into how easily different types of switches can break and reconnect a circuit. We will also carry out an investigation into whether certain materials are conductors or insulators. By the end of the unit children should be able to recognise some common conductors and insulators by testing different materials as part of a circuit to see whether or not they conduct electricity.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">RE</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">We will be investigating and discovering ‘Where, how and why do people worship?’ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>The children will look at several religions and will have the opportunity to compare and contrast by looking at similarities and differences, between where and how people worship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">PE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Year 4 outdoor PE this term will be athletics and summer sports. Sometimes our timetable has to change so PE kit should be in school every day please. Key Stage 2 children, who forget their PE kit on 3 occasions in a term, will be in less than 10. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Art aprons<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Please would you provide an old shirt or apron for art that stays in school at all times - thank you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">English<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">We are just finishing of our unit on ‘the firebird’, which has been focused on writing sensory descriptions, descriptive dialogue and using subordinating clauses for complex sentences. The following three units for this term will be stories with humour, myth of Romulus and Remus (topic) and poetry unit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In the story with humour, we will be using David Williams’ Billionaire Boy and Mr Stink; children will investigate, read and write humorous stories. Year 4 will get to exercise their imagination and develop rounded characters as they explore their own humorous style as they investigate the distinctive style of other authors. They will investigate dialogue and structure, along with several other grammar objectives.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Mathematics<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">The start of this term will be focused heavily on fractions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The new curriculum has seen a massive weighting put upon this area of mathematics in lower Key Stage 2. It cannot be stressed enough how vital fast recall of the times tables and division facts are for your child’s progression in this strand of mathematics. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>In the last part of the summer term, we will recap upon all operators and units of measure.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Homework<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">The homework will continue with the same format: weekly spellings and weekly mathematics facts.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Homework Reading<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">As you know it is hugely beneficial for children to read regularly at home. For many children comprehension based discussion is the most valuable use of shared reading time. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Homework Spelling <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Homework will continue to be set and tested weekly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>In addition, please could you regularly practise with and test your child on their half termly spellings. Thank you for your help.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Please don’t hesitate to come and see me if you have any questions.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Yours sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Luke Sherlock <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br />Northleach Courtyardnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671462879676441900.post-53756754211604299322018-01-12T16:11:00.001+00:002018-01-12T16:11:19.998+00:00Communication Letter<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">&nbsp;Communication Letter <o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Dear Parents/ Carers of Year 4 Pupils <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Happy New Year and I hope you have had an enjoyable Christmas break with your family. The children have all came back from the holiday eager to learn and have settled back in wonderfully. Our exciting news is we have a new topic called ‘Somewhere to settle’.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Topic<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">The first topic of this term is ‘Somewhere to settle’. In this unit, children go back in time to find out how the towns and cities of the UK first developed. The children will learn about the needs and requirements early settlers had when choosing a place to build a home. They will look at place names around the UK to see how the Anglo-Saxons, Romans and Vikings all left their mark. Through use of digital and paper maps, children will investigate land use in different sized settlements and the ways in which settlements are linked together. At the end of the unit, children draw together all their learning about settlements to design their own new settlement!&nbsp; We have also had some fun already in this topic learning about settlers’ needs, before evaluating the benefits and disadvantages of certain locations within a fantasy world (Narnia, Toad Manor, Hogwarts, Camelot’s castle, Alice in Wonderland etc. – These were linked to our last unit of fantasy stories in English).&nbsp; <i>I have attached some photographs of this group work to this letter. </i></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Science<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">During this term Year 4 will be learning about ‘States of Matter’. This unit will teach the children about the differences between solids, liquids and gases, classifying objects and identifying their properties. The children will work scientifically and collaboratively to investigate the weight of a gas. Furthermore, they will have chance to find the ideal temperature to melt chocolate. They will explore in-depth how water changes state, exploring melting, freezing, condensing as well as a particular focus on evaporation. Finally, they will learn about the stages of the water cycle, creating mini water worlds and an interactive water wheel to represent the different stages.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">RE</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">We will be investigating and discovering ‘What makes some books sacred? ‘. The children will be looking and studying some of the stories in the Bible, then reflecting on how these stories are used in church and influence the lives of Christians. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">PE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Year 4 outdoor PE this term will be Hockey.&nbsp; In addition, the children will be learning dance in our indoor PE sessions. The dance lessons will focus upon transitions between movement, creating and evaluating dance motifs. &nbsp;Sometimes our timetable has to change so PE kit should be in school each day please. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Art aprons<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Please would you provide an old shirt or apron for art that stays in school at all times - thank you.&nbsp; We will be creating a landscape painting in the medium of water colours.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Music <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">This term the children are lucky enough to be receiving brass music tuition from county. The class will be learning how to play the trumpet and maybe a song or two. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">I have attached some photographs of their first lesson – they were fab and had lots of fun. </span><o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">English<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">This term the children will be moving away from narratives and learning about non-fiction text types with a focus on non-chronological reports. We will be learning a model text type example of a non-chronological report using Pie Corbett’s talk4writing approach, before innovating and creating their own non-chronological report about a place (linked to our topic). In SPaG we will continue to build upon the fabulous progress the children made last term in possessive apostrophes, while introducing the concept of adverbial phrases.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Our second unit of work will be performance and imagery poetry. This will provide the children with the chance to experience and develop their performing skills, before the annual school poetry competition (fingers crossed). <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Mathematics<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">The start of this term will be focused heavily on the children’s formal written method of multiplication and division.&nbsp; It cannot be stressed enough how vital fast recall of the times tables facts are for your child’s progression in this strand of mathematics. &nbsp;We will then move onto looking at shape and measurement later in this half term.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">We have learnt how to scale by 10, 100 and 1,000, multiply a two digit number by one digit number in our head and also multiply three numbers together (mostly mentally). If you could frequently practise these skills at home it would be beneficial for their mental maths strategies and much appreciated. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Homework Mathematics<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">The children will continue to receive maths facts to learn as part of their weekly homework. It is great to see the progress they are making in their times tables.&nbsp; We will continue with times tables until at least next half term before moving onto other mathematical facts. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Homework Spelling <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Spellings will continue to be set and tested weekly. &nbsp;The spellings are from the national curriculum and follow the Year 3 &amp; 4 list (Lower Key Stage 2). If your child is confident with the spellings, they should challenge themselves by finding words that follow that pattern and learn them as additional spellings. I have asked the children to return the spellings weekly with 6 additional words that follow the pattern. I also challenge the children by giving them five unknown words that follow the pattern as part of their test, although these don’t affect their scores. It is one thing for children to learning spellings to pass a test, but another to consistently apply patterns to their writing in class.&nbsp; Please could you regularly practise and test your child on their half termly spellings. Thank you for your help. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Please don’t hesitate to come and see me if you have any questions. I know that I’m looking forward to another amazing term with the class. <b>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Yours sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Luke Sherlock<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; 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margin-bottom: 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Year Four have been learning about the different organs and stages of the digestive process. We looked at comparing the digestive system between two different animals, followed by a comparison to our own digestive system. &nbsp;We learnt about the function of each part of the digestive system, before carrying out a practical experiment which recreated the digestion process in the classroom. Using household items such as plastic cups, orange juice and a pair of tights, the experiment enabled the children to visualise the process of digestion in an engaging, practical way. 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font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">&nbsp;Communication Letter <o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Dear Parents/ Carers of Year 4 Pupils <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Welcome to Year 4! I hope you have had an enjoyable summer with your family. I am very excited to be teaching Year 4 and I’m looking forward to a great year getting to know your child and helping them to develop.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Year 4 is an exciting year and it is fundamental for children to become more responsible and take ownership for their equipment, so please encourage them to be as independent as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Curriculum to be covered this term:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Topic<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">The first topic of this term is ‘Riotous Royalty’ unit and we will look in depth at William the Conqueror’s reign from 1066 onwards, how King John made himself very unpopular as monarch and why King Henry VIII married so many times. This topic also teaches who Queen Anne was, what<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Queen Victoria achieved during her reign and look at the role of the British monarchy today.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Science<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">During this term Year 4 will be learning about animals including humans. This unit focuses on the digestive system in humans and animals and the functions of teeth. Children will learn more about herbivores, carnivores and omnivores in the context of teeth, digestion and the food chain. In addition, they will extend their understanding of food chains to more complex chains and food webs. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">RE</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">The children will be examining the question ’What do Hindus believe God is like?’&nbsp; Children will have time to identify some Hindu dieties and say how they help Hindus describe God. Along with this children will make clear links between some stories from the Hindu faith e.g. (Svetaketu, Ganesh and Diwali) and what Hindus believe about God. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">PE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">We will start off in outdoor PE with touch rugby skills and the children will be learning gymnastics in our indoor PE sessions. The gymnastics will focus upon travelling, balancing, jumps and creating gymnastic sequences. &nbsp;Sometimes our timetable has to change so PE kit should be in school each day please. Key Stage 2 children, who forget their PE kit on 3 occasions in a term, will be in less than 10. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Art aprons<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Children will need to have an old shirt or apron for art. Please ensure your child has one in school at all times. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">English<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">The English unit this term will be stories with historical settings. This unit fits in perfectly with our history topic, as the children will be writing about characters and settings based from an era of one of our monarch’s reigns. We will then be moving onto a letter writing unit and final poetry, where the children will experience a range of poetry that create specific images, and then finally write their own. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Mathematics<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">The start of the term will be focused upon place value and the latter part of the term will be focused upon addition and subtraction. &nbsp;We will then be moving onto multiplication after Christmas. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">It cannot be stressed enough how vital fast recall of these facts will be this year. &nbsp;The new curriculum’s expectation for Year 4 is that all children will be able to recall times table facts up to 12 x 12!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Children’s reading record / Communication Books<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The children will be using their reading record to record the reading they undertake at home, whether this is with an adult or independently. &nbsp;I would ask that your child records a sentence about what they have read and not a generic comment e.g.‘ I love this book!’ <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The communication books will be checked weekly on a Friday. If time is permitting I will try to do this additionally on a Wednesday. Therefore, if there is an argent comment from yourself please either find me on the playground or put a post-it note on the page and make sure your child brings it to me in the morning.&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I would also be grateful if you could practise times tables (up to 12 x 12) with your children and record this in the weekly planner. Your support with this is much appreciated- thank you.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;"> There is no charge for the KS2 planner, but if children lose it and require a new one then there will be a charge for a replacement (which is subject to availability).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Spellings and maths facts homework<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Homework this year has changed across the whole school. Children will continue to have their termly and weekly spellings. In addition, the children will also have a fact sheet to learn with mathematic facts. &nbsp;The children will receive these on a Friday and will be tested the following Friday.&nbsp; This is to help improve children’s fluency of recalling mathematical facts e.g. times tables and division facts, conversion of lengths, days in each month and counting through negative numbers etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Homework Reading<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">As you know children hugely benefit from reading regularly, every night where possible, and it is still important for children to be reading with an adult on a regular basis. For many children comprehension based discussion is the most valuable use of shared reading time. <b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">I know that it will be a really busy and exciting year.&nbsp; Please don’t hesitate to come and see me if you have any questions.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Yours sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;">Luke Sherlock <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Northleach Courtyardnoreply@blogger.com0